Screen.



R. HELLER.

SCREEN.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.16, 1913.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914 I 51.1- I HI II I 0 O 1 M 0 0 w Q COLUMBIAPLANOGRAPH CO.,WASHINGTON, n. c.

ROSE HELLER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

SCREEN.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

Application filed September 16, 1913. Serial No. 789,973.

To all LU/1011b '1' 25 may concern Be it known that I, Rosa HELLER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Screens, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in screens, and more particularlyto screens adapted to be positioned in front of a window to protect theoccupants of the room from the gaze of those outside without materiallyexcluding light or preventing ventilation.

A further object is to provide an improved screen of this characterwhich may be readily placed in position, which may be r aulily foldedinto small compass when not desired, and securely locked when so folded.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations and arrangements ofparts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a view in elevationillustrating in full lines my improved screen. in extended operativeposition, and in dotted lines showing the position of the parts whenfolded. Fig. 2 is a view in transverse section on the line of Fig. 1. F3 is an enlarged fragmentary side elevation illustrating my improvedlocking means for the pivoted arms which securely hold the screen infolded position, and Fig. 1 a view in section on the line 1-+t of Fig.

1 and 2 represent parallel rods, the former longer than the latter andadapted to be positioned in screw eyes 3 in the wall or other support.and held movement by a pin 1 through the rod 1. The rods 1 and 2 areconnected by two pairs of pivoted links 5, said links having elbowjoints (5 at their meeting ends which limit the pivotal movement in onedirection, and eyelets 7 preferably constitute the pivots of said linksfor a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

The rods 1 and 2 are connected by orna mental fabric 8 which may besecured to the rods in any desired manner. I have illustrated saidfabric as having hems 9 at its ends to receive the rods. but I am nothim itcd to this particular fastening means. The

against longitudinal upper and lower edges of the fabric are connectedto the links by suitable laoings 10. These lacings are extended throughopening 11 in the arms, and are laced backwardly and forwardly throughopenings 12 in the fabric, and through the eyelets 7 constituting thepivots of the links with the ends of the lacings tied together. Byreason of this construction, the links can pivot or fold without tearingor injuring the fabric.

hen the links 5 fold as indicated in dotted lines inFig. 1, rod 2 isdrawn toward rod 1, and the screen will occupy but very small space. Tosecurely lock the parts in this folded position, I provide on one of theupper links 5, a lug 13 which is adapted to be engaged by the hooked endltof a sliding lock 15. This sliding lock 15 is pr0- vided with integralstuds 16 mounted to slide in a slot 17 in the other link 5, and securedby screws 18 having heads thereon of greater diameter than the slot 17.p

A knob 19 is provided on the locking slide to facilitate itsmanipulation. When the parts are folded together, this slide 17 may bemoved longitudinally to look its hooked end 14 over the lug 13 as shownin Fig. 3, so that the parts cannot swing to open position, but aresecurely held.

lVhen the screen is drawn to its full open position across the windowillustrated at 20, it may be held by an ordinary string 21 secured tothe rod 2, and wrapped around a button 22 on the window frame. By meansof a construction of this kind, the screen may be placed across thewindow so as to shield the occupants of the room from the gaze of thoseon the outside, and when the screen is not desired, it may be folded andlocked in folded position either left supported in the eyes 3 orentirely removed as desired.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangementof parts described withoutdeparting from my invention, and hence I donot limit myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myselfat liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall withinthe spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

l. A screen of the character described, comprising two rods, linkspivotally connecting the rods, flexible material connected to the rodsand to the links, and one of said ing the rods,

rods longer than the other and adapted to be pivotally connected to asupport, substantially as described.

2. A screen of the character described, comprising two rods, pivotedlinks connect-- flexible material connected to the rods and to thelinks, a lug on one of said links, and a sliding lock on another of saidlinks having a hooked end adapted to engage said lug and lock the linkstogether when said links are moved side by side, substantially asdescribed.

3. A screen of the character described, comprising two vertical rods,one rod longer than the other, devices receiving the ends of the longerrod and providing rotary mounting therefor, links pivotally connected tothe rods and to each other, flexible material. connected to the rods andto the links, :1 lug on one of the upper links, a sliding lock on theother of the upper links, said lock having a hooked end adapted toengage over the lug when the links are folded together,

substantially as described.

4. A screen of the character described, comprising two vertical rods, apair of pivoted links connecting the rods adjacent their upper ends, asecond pair of pivoted links I connecting the rods adjacent their lowerends, a sheet of flexible material connected at its ends to the rods,lacings connecting the upper and lower edges of the flexible material tothe links, and means for locking one pair of said links in foldedposition, substantially as described.

5. A screen of the character described, comprising two vertical rods, apair of pivoted links connecting the rods adjacent their upper ends, asecond pair of pivoted links connecting the rods adjacent their lowerends, a sheet of flexible material connected at its ends to the rods,lacings connecting the upper and lower edges of the flexible ma terialto the links, means for locking one pair of said links in foldedposition, said means comprising a lug on one of said links, and a lockon the other of said links, said lock movable in a slot in saidlast-mentioned link and having a hooked end adapted to engage over saidlug, substantially as de scribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROSE HELLER.

Witnesses:

M. E. DIT'rUs, CHAS. E. Porrs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). C.

